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Award-winner among videos offering new ideas for the classroom

9/19/2017

The first in a series of videos titled Supporting Students in English Language Arts recently received a regional Emmy Award. The Department worked with Broadcast Educational Media Commission, CET Connect and ThinkTV in producing the series last year. The award-winning video features Kari Hake, a kindergarten teacher from Tipp City Schools, who explains to parents what they can expect their kindergarten students to learn in English language arts. The series also features what students will learn grades 1 and 2.

Additional short videos that public broadcasting stations helped us produce can spark some new ideas, including:

Community Connectors Series – These four brief videos highlight effective mentoring programs funded by The Community Connectors grants. Created by WOSU, in partnership with the Broadcast Educational Media Commission and the Ohio Department of Education, the series illustrates how the programs aimed to build trust, form partnerships, raise aspirations, and train both mentors and mentees.